[CaptainCrunch]

Ok, from what I've seen from WW1 cleanup, it was usually left almost to the individuals to clean up their towns and villages, frankly and probably because those governments in Germany etc were entirely broke. One of the biggest things hampering cleanup in Germany for example was the Treaty of Versaille. I mean the major towns were lavishly cleaned up, but the rural and small towns were left to their own devices.


At the end of WW2, the victorious allies were more engaged in the cleanup by providing resources and presonal to aid, but again if you look at some of the statements again the smaller towns and rural areas were left to their own devices to clean and rebuild. But there was greater access to foreign funds for Japan and Germany, but they were also conditional funds.



My Grandparents were farmers in Germany after WW1, fleeing when the Nazi's rose to power. My Grandpa used to tell me stories about working on the farms during the day and then lending shovels and backs to the nearby towns. Also in terms of housing, since it was so simple back them, pretty much everyone pitched a hand in house building



The really interesting one to look at though was really Russia, even though at the end of WW1 they hadn't been physically devastated by the war, they had lost a great deal of their labor force, and the Soviet Command economy was more easily adapted.